Thursday, August 17, 2006

US warplane mistakenly bombs Afghan police; Twelve killed

A United States-led coalition warplane mistakenly dropped a bomb on an Afghan police convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 12 police officers, a police commander said.

The coalition confirmed "an event did happen" and said it was collecting details.

The bomb struck a patrol in eastern Paktika province, provincial border police regiment commander Abdul Hamid said.

"They came under US bombardment and 12 police officers were killed, including the police commander," he said.

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